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Mr. Erdogan's decision to appeal to Turkish nationalist voters by declaring there was no longer a Kurdish problem wasn't well received among Kurds, said Vahap Coskun , general-secretary of DİSA, an independent think tank in Dyarbakir, while a series of events hardened attitudes further.
Turkish Leader Courts Kurds Before Key Vote Marc Champion 2011
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Mr. Hu has been general-secretary, the party's most powerful post, since 2002, and also president since 2003.
China's New Leaders Get in Line Jeremy Page 2012
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"If the BDP does not enter Parliament, the streets will get very restless and Kurdish politics will be run from the streets," said Vahap Coskun, general-secretary of the Diyarbakir Institute for Political Social Research, in a phone interview Thursday.
Kurds Call for Boycott of Turkish Parliament Marc Champion 2011
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In a recent Reuters interview Mehtab Afsar, the Islamic Council of Norway's general-secretary, said, I think minorities will think of themselves as more Norwegian ... religion, ethnicity, color will go into the background.
Jake Townsend: Branding Peace: Norway's Identity Put to the Test Jake Townsend 2011
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Mr. Xi should be first in line, as new party general-secretary, followed by the next head of the National People's Congress, or parliament, which officially is the highest state body but in reality has little power.
China's New Leaders Get in Line Jeremy Page 2012
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The DPJ's general-secretary Katsuya Okada played down the loss, saying the disaster took a toll on newcomers.
Japan's Ruling Party Slips in First Postcrisis Vote Toko Sekiguchi 2011
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At the Congress, which ran from March 17 through March 21 in the Laotian capital Vientiane, delegates re-elected Choummaly Sayasone, 75, as general-secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and elected new members to the party's Central Committee and Politburo.
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Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, the GCC's general-secretary, abruptly left Yemen Wednesday, according to a Yemeni government official.
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Mr. Erdogan's decision to appeal to Turkish nationalist voters by declaring there was no longer a Kurdish problem wasn't well received among Kurds, said Vahap Coskun , general-secretary of DİSA, an independent think tank in Dyarbakir, while a series of events hardened attitudes further.
Turkish Leader Courts Kurds Before Key Vote Marc Champion 2011
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The Rev.Dr. Samuel Kobia, general-secretary of the World Council of Churches, released a statement saying:
Iraq 2008
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